what to do with ncd 88k

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  1. OmegaX

    OmegaX What's a Dremel?

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    I just picked up Networking Compute Devices, Inc. NCd 88k that my university was discarding. I' pretty sure its a terminal computer (boot off the netowrk, forgot the name) it has 8mb of RAM, and a bnc network connector. I was wondering if anyone had some information about this machine. Or anything i can do with it? I have to get a bnc cable efore i can connect it to a network. i searched for it but found very little.
     
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    DougEdey I pwn all your storage

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    Not much you can do with them, they weren't designed todo much at all. You can run it off a server which has TFTP but you would also need to have a BNC network.
     
  3. OmegaX

    OmegaX What's a Dremel?

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    I found a server that has a network card with a bnc connector, i just need to get the bnc cable. Could you give me more information about the machine.
     
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    DougEdey I pwn all your storage

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    It's designed to run off a Linux set-up. Do some research on the X-server and terminals.
     

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